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oup-usa.org>Title: At The Syntax-Pragmatics Interface Subtitle: Verbal Underspecification and Concept Formation in Dynamic Syntax Series Title: Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics 4 Publication Year: 2002 Publisher: Oxford University Press http://www.oup-usa.org/ Author: Lutz Marten, University of London Hardback: ISBN: 0199250634, Pages: 256 pp, Price: $ 80.00 Paperback: ISBN: 0199250642, Pages: 256 pp, Price: $ 27.50 Abstract: Marten explores the interaction of syntax, pragmatics, and semantics in the behavior of verb phrases and how they interact with the information provided by the verb. He also considers how the component elements of linguistic theory explain what appear to be simple utterances, but whose structure is hard to analyze--how, for example, "Fran is baking Mary a cake in the oven" is different from "Fran is baking Mary a cake in the kitchen". Lingfield(s): Linguistic Theories, Pragmatics, Semantics, Syntax Written In: English (Language Code: ENG)Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue